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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1939)
J? UJILLL i .1 " . It-, ' ' -Adl . Eia Capitol'5 ' 1; s f - v V,. ...w V 4! 1 .i - l , . . :'-"v . : . , ;r OUTSTANDmG DCIDENTS in the history if theliorthwcst are depicted In lifelike manner in the inammoth ufab placed with in jtcent weeks qpon the walls of Oregon's new capitoL For the reason that the capitol was planned throughout as ' a! monument to Ore gon s, pioneers, &Bd with the art work in mind in all of the planning so that the murals 'are integral parts of the completed structure, the effect is all the more striking and appropriately harmonious. The four largest murals portray especially notable events in the exploration and settlement of the northwest. Depicted above is the landing of Captain Gray at the mouth of the Columbia. His discovery of i the river mmm. j V . m 5 I t ' A? ' rm . 1 XJ 1 TT 'l' T 1 Tl . in l t marKea me Degumwg ox non,uwes ex.piorsu(m. Aiie nam was pawiea uy sarry rauisner 01 new xvriu (au cuts on uus page uy courtesy of The Oregoman.) ; . , r . -rttt.A:;v;:,Hinnat 'W 4 1. X1 11 -v.;- I ." t v THE OREGON of today is also symbolized in a series of murals now in place upon the walls of the new capitoL The far-flung wheat and fruit industries are exemplified in this mural by Faulkner. The two artists were selected on the basis of their achievements and standing in the art world rather than competitively, the capitol commission and the archi tects feeling that such a method of selection would result in decorations of the best quality. ;i UNITED ! STATES claims to the Oremm countrvl haaeA tmem the" first land exploration and actual ocennancv. date hack' to! the ex- . t petition of Lewis and Clark, 1803-'06. In this mural Jar Frank Schwartz of New York, Meriweather Lewis and William dark .are pictured 1' together with the members of their party, including Indian-woma jr - oeypiea many monins u msxoricai researcn ueiore peginnmg meir worit ana w picuires, inouga laeauzea, are msioncauy accurate as vu ' persons and dress. . - . ; : i : . . C ' , v f v II ' t- v-JI - . wfe v ? -i , 3 7. 1 V'r '.-'(,,1 .: are approximately X$0 square feet in area. -,4: 'I i TWO OF OREGON'S earliest industries, sheep raising and mining, both rasceptlbleS i !; treatment suggestive of the ruggedness and simplicity of life on this "last frontier", and of the natural resources still abundant, are exemplified in this, mural by Schwartz. V ; " -.ly - DR. JOHN McLOTIGHLJN. director at Fort Vancouver for the Hudson's Bav comoanv. is shown sxeetimr early American settlers at his post on the banks of .the Columbia river near what! is now Vancouver. Wash. The earlier white occupants of the territory were trappers ' . 1 ft. 1t i" f - 'iv-;' -.' THE COVERED WAGON Deriod. A tvnical waronitraia In canm at1 its goal; a mural, by Schwartz, which represents the real winning df thewest by homeseekei Jaulkner and Sch warts wcw cominis- mural ty Schwartz. The nine murals, two of which, rre not reproduced here, cost. theJat&ta . J :". : . . THE DAIRY industry, now highly developed In Oregon, and ths cattle industry, which ' ' -ittfl thrives with much of its typical ?wild west", ccttiyr nsaltcrcd, are s. ymbolized In thh : ' ' feioned to paint the murals iil the sprmg of 1936 wb available were sufficient to include the. art .'work; in view of ;S0,000 and complete' the' interior of the capit,the exception of some minor.dec r '-the fact that the bids on construction of the capitol were lower than expected. They began actual work on the pamtingi in April, 1S37. " faj and1 the purthaseici soihe furniture and similar (SpiJ ' .''"l. ,